Demography

Total fertility rate

Name: Total fertility rate by country, 2024
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215 countries · 2024

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Total fertility rate league table
#	Country	births	Region	Income
1	Chad	6	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
2	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	6	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
3	Congo, Dem. Rep.	6	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
4	Central African Republic	6	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
5	Niger	5.9	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
6	Mali	5.5	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
7	Angola	5	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
8	Burundi	4.8	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
9	Afghanistan	4.8	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Low income
10	Mozambique	4.7	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
11	Mauritania	4.6	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
12	Tanzania	4.5	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
13	Yemen, Rep.	4.5	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Low income
14	Benin	4.5	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
15	Nigeria	4.4	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
16	Sudan	4.3	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
17	Cameroon	4.3	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
18	Cote d'Ivoire	4.2	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
19	Uganda	4.2	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
20	Guinea	4.1	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
21	Togo	4.1	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
22	Equatorial Guinea	4.1	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
23	Burkina Faso	4.1	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
24	Congo, Rep.	4.1	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
25	Zambia	4	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
26	Madagascar	3.9	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
27	Ethiopia	3.9	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
28	Gambia, The	3.9	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
29	Liberia	3.9	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
30	Comoros	3.8	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
31	Samoa	3.8	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
32	South Sudan	3.8	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
33	Senegal	3.8	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
34	Guinea-Bissau	3.8	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
35	Sierra Leone	3.7	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
36	Eritrea	3.7	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
37	Zimbabwe	3.7	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
38	Rwanda	3.6	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
39	Sao Tome and Principe	3.6	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
40	Gabon	3.6	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
41	Malawi	3.6	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
42	Vanuatu	3.6	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
43	Pakistan	3.5	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
44	Solomon Islands	3.5	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
45	Uzbekistan	3.5	Europe & Central Asia	Lower middle income
46	Ghana	3.3	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
47	Naoero	3.3	East Asia & Pacific	High income
48	West Bank and Gaza	3.3	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
49	Iraq	3.2	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
50	Namibia	3.2	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
51	Tuvalu	3.2	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
52	Kenya	3.2	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
53	Kiribati	3.1	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
54	Tonga	3.1	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
55	Papua New Guinea	3.1	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
56	Tajikistan	3	Europe & Central Asia	Lower middle income
57	Kazakhstan	3	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
58	Israel	2.9	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
59	Marshall Islands	2.9	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
60	Guam	2.7	East Asia & Pacific	High income
61	Micronesia, Fed. Sts.	2.7	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
62	Egypt, Arab Rep.	2.7	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
63	Algeria	2.7	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
64	Eswatini	2.7	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
65	Botswana	2.7	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
66	Syrian Arab Republic	2.7	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Low income
67	St. Martin (French part)	2.7	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
68	Lesotho	2.7	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
69	Turkmenistan	2.7	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
70	Timor-Leste	2.6	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
71	Haiti	2.6	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
72	Djibouti	2.6	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
73	Jordan	2.6	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
74	Kyrgyz Republic	2.6	Europe & Central Asia	Lower middle income
75	Cambodia	2.5	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
76	Bolivia	2.5	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
77	Oman	2.5	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
78	Mongolia	2.5	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
79	Honduras	2.5	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
80	Paraguay	2.4	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
81	Lao PDR	2.4	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
82	Guyana	2.4	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
83	Northern Mariana Islands	2.3	East Asia & Pacific	High income
84	Saudi Arabia	2.3	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
85	Libya	2.3	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
86	Guatemala	2.3	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
87	Fiji	2.3	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
88	American Samoa	2.3	East Asia & Pacific	High income
89	Suriname	2.2	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
90	Lebanon	2.2	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
91	Dominican Republic	2.2	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
92	Morocco	2.2	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
93	Nicaragua	2.2	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
94	South Africa	2.2	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
95	Bangladesh	2.1	South Asia	Lower middle income
96	Indonesia	2.1	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
97	Panama	2.1	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
98	Monaco	2.1	Europe & Central Asia	High income
99	Myanmar	2.1	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
100	Venezuela, RB	2.1	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
101	Belize	2	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
102	Virgin Islands (U.S.)	2	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
103	Peru	2	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
104	New Caledonia	2	East Asia & Pacific	High income
105	India	2	South Asia	Lower middle income
106	Nepal	2	South Asia	Lower middle income
107	Sri Lanka	2	South Asia	Upper middle income
108	Faroe Islands	1.9	Europe & Central Asia	High income
109	Viet Nam	1.9	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
110	Philippines	1.9	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
111	Mexico	1.9	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
112	Gibraltar	1.9	Europe & Central Asia	High income
113	Palau	1.9	East Asia & Pacific	High income
114	Seychelles	1.9	Sub-Saharan Africa	High income
115	Tunisia	1.8	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
116	Ecuador	1.8	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
117	Bahrain	1.8	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
118	Georgia	1.8	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
119	Montenegro	1.8	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
120	Korea, Dem. People's Rep.	1.8	East Asia & Pacific	Low income
121	El Salvador	1.8	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
122	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	1.8	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
123	Brunei Darussalam	1.7	East Asia & Pacific	High income
124	Moldova	1.7	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
125	Bulgaria	1.7	Europe & Central Asia	High income
126	Qatar	1.7	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
127	Barbados	1.7	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
128	Greenland	1.7	Europe & Central Asia	High income
129	Armenia	1.7	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
130	Iran, Islamic Rep.	1.7	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
131	Serbia	1.6	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
132	Colombia	1.6	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
133	United States	1.6	North America	High income
134	Brazil	1.6	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
135	France	1.6	Europe & Central Asia	High income
136	Aruba	1.6	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
137	Antigua and Barbuda	1.6	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
138	New Zealand	1.6	East Asia & Pacific	High income
139	Kuwait	1.6	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
140	Maldives	1.6	South Asia	Upper middle income
141	Iceland	1.6	Europe & Central Asia	High income
142	United Kingdom	1.6	Europe & Central Asia	High income
143	Isle of Man	1.5	Europe & Central Asia	High income
144	Malaysia	1.5	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
145	Trinidad and Tobago	1.5	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
146	St. Kitts and Nevis	1.5	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
147	Cayman Islands	1.5	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
148	Slovenia	1.5	Europe & Central Asia	High income
149	Cabo Verde	1.5	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
150	Argentina	1.5	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
151	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1.5	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
152	French Polynesia	1.5	East Asia & Pacific	High income
153	Australia	1.5	East Asia & Pacific	High income
154	Dominica	1.5	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
155	Turkiye	1.5	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
156	Grenada	1.5	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
157	Denmark	1.5	Europe & Central Asia	High income
158	Ireland	1.5	Europe & Central Asia	High income
159	Croatia	1.5	Europe & Central Asia	High income
160	Slovak Republic	1.5	Europe & Central Asia	High income
161	Turks and Caicos Islands	1.5	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
162	Norway	1.5	Europe & Central Asia	High income
163	Bhutan	1.4	South Asia	Lower middle income
164	Cuba	1.4	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
165	Mauritius	1.4	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
166	Belgium	1.4	Europe & Central Asia	High income
167	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	1.4	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
168	Sweden	1.4	Europe & Central Asia	High income
169	Azerbaijan	1.4	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
170	Netherlands	1.4	Europe & Central Asia	High income
171	Russian Federation	1.4	Europe & Central Asia	High income
172	Hungary	1.4	Europe & Central Asia	High income
173	Portugal	1.4	Europe & Central Asia	High income
174	Bermuda	1.4	North America	High income
175	Curacao	1.4	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
176	North Macedonia	1.4	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
177	Uruguay	1.4	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
178	Romania	1.4	Europe & Central Asia	High income
179	St. Lucia	1.4	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
180	Cyprus	1.4	Europe & Central Asia	High income
181	Bahamas, The	1.4	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
182	Liechtenstein	1.4	Europe & Central Asia	High income
183	Germany	1.4	Europe & Central Asia	High income
184	Czechia	1.4	Europe & Central Asia	High income
185	Jamaica	1.4	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
186	Albania	1.3	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
187	Costa Rica	1.3	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
188	Austria	1.3	Europe & Central Asia	High income
189	Switzerland	1.3	Europe & Central Asia	High income
190	Finland	1.3	Europe & Central Asia	High income
191	Canada	1.3	North America	High income
192	Luxembourg	1.3	Europe & Central Asia	High income
193	Greece	1.2	Europe & Central Asia	High income
194	Latvia	1.2	Europe & Central Asia	High income
195	Belarus	1.2	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
196	United Arab Emirates	1.2	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
197	Thailand	1.2	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
198	Estonia	1.2	Europe & Central Asia	High income
199	Italy	1.2	Europe & Central Asia	High income
200	San Marino	1.2	Europe & Central Asia	High income
201	Japan	1.2	East Asia & Pacific	High income
202	Poland	1.1	Europe & Central Asia	High income
203	Chile	1.1	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
204	Lithuania	1.1	Europe & Central Asia	High income
205	Spain	1.1	Europe & Central Asia	High income
206	Andorra	1.1	Europe & Central Asia	High income
207	British Virgin Islands	1	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
208	China	1	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
209	Malta	1	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
210	Ukraine	0.99	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
211	Singapore	0.97	East Asia & Pacific	High income
212	Puerto Rico (US)	0.92	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
213	Hong Kong SAR, China	0.84	East Asia & Pacific	High income
214	Korea, Rep.	0.75	East Asia & Pacific	High income
215	Macao SAR, China	0.58	East Asia & Pacific	High income

Total fertility rate